Punjab: Lady slapper Akali leader not arrested

Chandigarh: The Punjab Police, Tuesday, filed an FIR against the Shiromani Akali Dal leader who slapped a lady teacher, who was demanding a permanent job, at a function in Muktsar district yesterday.

Balwinder Singh, Akali Dal sarpanch of Daula village, has been booked under Section 323 (Voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Although offences under these sections are bailable, but Singh is yet to be arrested.

The lady Varinder Kaur was part of a delegation of teachers who wanted to meet Bhatinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the wife of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at the function.

A scuffle broke out between the teachers` delegation, which wanted to submit a memorandum to Harsimrat Kaur demanding regularization of their job, and Akali Dal workers who wanted the delegation to leave the place.